CartSpan is an easy-to-use bi-directional interface for Peachtree Accounting that will import orders from VP-ASP and update item prices and quantities-on-hand in the cart. This frees you of the burden of re-keying order information into the accounting system and helps prevent the over-committing of inventory to Web customers.

Though built expressly for Peachtree, you can use CartSpan to produce a well-formed CSV file suitable for mapping to other accounting systems.

CartSpan is offered on a 'Try Before You Buy' basis, so you can feel confident about your investment.

NOTE: CartSpan is currently only available for VP-ASP customers running on the xNIX OS platforms with the mySQL database. Development plans include support for MS SQL Server-based implementations.

Product Features:

Order Download

1. CartSpan recognizes the GL Sales accounts of individual inventory items2. Manage pricing from within Peachtree3. Option to import order as either an INVOICE or ORDER4. Option to automatically register a cash receipt following an invoice5. GAAP compliant accounting for Gift Certificate sales and redemption6. New customers are automatically added to Peachtree7. Option to automatically create items in Peachtree8. Order pick-lists (with stock locations) are email for fulfillment9. Email alerts to Administrator(s) in the event of exceptions10. User set desired order download frequency11. The CSV export may be used as a 'feed' to other accounting systems

All credentials used to access the shopping cart are securely encrypted

To support PCI compliance, CartSpan does not transmit or receive any credit card or sensitive financial information to/from the shopping cart.

Performance

Order Download/Import: CartSpan has been stress-tested against a well-established MS/WebService-based commercial platform and performs very well for large order volumes. A sample of 100 single-item orders (pre-existing item; same customer for all) was downloaded in approximately 60 seconds. Performance utilizing the mySQL/xNIX back-end is estimated to be 4x faster. All 100 orders were effectively processed during a continuous import in approximately 13 minutes on a Dell XPS M1730 workstation (Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz). Expect slightly less than double import times on less capable machines when a new customer record is being created for each order.

Item Price/Quantity Upload: CartSpan has been stress-tested against an implementation of another well-established open-source cart utilizing the mySQL/xNIX platform. Over 10,000 items were successfully exported from Peachtree and uploaded to the cart via a single call to the supporting PHP script.